Focus on Climate
Analysis-Climate verdict for Swiss women a warning for European states, oil industry
This week's European human rights court ruling against the Swiss government improves the odds that similar cases could win at the court, say...
Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.5% in 22/23 to new low
The latest figure marked the lowest since data collection began in 1990/91, helped by reduced emissions in the industrial and service sectors
More climate experts object to emissions target watchdog’s offsets policy
The climate targets verification group that announced a plan this week to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain...
Dead whale on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island is first of the year, stranding group says
It drew renewed outcries from opponents of offshore wind, who believe that site preparation work for oceanic wind farms is harming or even...
U.K. government widens farmers’ access to flooding recovery fund after complaints
The British Government has widened access to a fund for farmers who have suffered severe impacts from flooding after “major issues” were pointed...
Tandem heatwaves, storm surges increasingly batter coasts: study
Coastal communities need to prepare for simultaneous extreme weather events as heatwaves increasingly overlap with surges in sea levels due to climate change,...
UK Government faces High Court challenge over ‘inadequate’ climate plans
The UK Government is facing a High Court challenge from campaigners who claim it has left the country “completely under-prepared” for the impacts...
Corporate climate pledge weakened by carbon offsets move
The world's main benchmark for vetting corporate climate action, the Science-Based Targets Initiative, has been accused by its own staff of "greenwashing"
Making cement is damaging for the climate – but one solution is opening in California
California startup Fortera has developed a technology that reduces carbon dioxide in cement manufacturing and could have potential to operate at large scale
